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''Friday the 13th: The Game'' is a 2017 SurvivalHorror[=/=]AsymmetricMultiplayer game based on the original ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' film series, developed by Creator/IllFonic and published by Gun Media. It was released on May 26th, 2017 for PC, Platform/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne, while an "Ultimate Slasher Edition" was released on August 13th, 2019 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

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''Friday the 13th: The Game'' is a 2017 SurvivalHorror[=/=]AsymmetricMultiplayer game based on the original ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' film series, developed by Creator/IllFonic and published by Gun Media. It was released on May 26th, 2017 for PC, Platform/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne, Platform/XboxOne, while an "Ultimate Slasher Edition" was released on August 13th, 2019 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.
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In June of 2018, after [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a cessation of rights caused by a lawsuit]] between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham over the ''Friday the 13th'' rights, the development of new content for ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' was permanently cancelled. A few months later in September, [=IllFonic=] departed as developers for the game and Black Tower Studios took over development for any future balancing and bugfixing patches. [=IllFonic=] would go on to create licensed asymmetric multiplayer games for other properties such as ''VideoGame/{{Predator|HuntingGrounds}}'', ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace''.

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In June of 2018, after [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a cessation of rights caused by a lawsuit]] between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham over the ''Friday the 13th'' rights, the development of new content for ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' was permanently cancelled. A few months later in September, [=IllFonic=] departed as developers for the game and Black Tower Studios took over development for any future balancing and bugfixing patches. [=IllFonic=] would go on to create licensed asymmetric multiplayer games for other properties such as ''VideoGame/{{Predator|HuntingGrounds}}'', ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Ghostbusters|SpiritsUnleashed}}'' and ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace''.
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In June of 2018, after [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a cessation of rights caused by a lawsuit]] between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham over the ''Friday the 13th'' rights, the development of new content for ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' was permanently cancelled. A few months later in September, [=IllFonic=] departed as developers for the game and Black Tower Studios took over development for any future balancing and bugfixing patches. [=IllFonic=] would go on to create licensed asymmetric multiplayer games for other properties such as ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace''.

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In June of 2018, after [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a cessation of rights caused by a lawsuit]] between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham over the ''Friday the 13th'' rights, the development of new content for ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' was permanently cancelled. A few months later in September, [=IllFonic=] departed as developers for the game and Black Tower Studios took over development for any future balancing and bugfixing patches. [=IllFonic=] would go on to create licensed asymmetric multiplayer games for other properties such as ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Predator|HuntingGrounds}}'', ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace''.
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A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 the game would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due to an expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes unpurchaseable. The game is planned to still function [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames until December 31st, 2024]]. Gun Media would go on to publish a new horror license asymmetric multiplayer game, ''VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2023''.

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A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 the game would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due to an expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't hadn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes became unpurchaseable. The game is planned to still function [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames until December 31st, 2024]]. Gun Media would go on to publish a new horror license asymmetric multiplayer game, ''VideoGame/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2023''.

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